Monday, September 29, 2008

We're getting over the jet-lag here and trying to get into the swing of things. Between the 4am wake ups and, ahem, readjusting to our local water supply the days have just been too short.

I have to say that I am feeling a bit awkward about getting back into blogging. After writing out my fertility story, I kind of don't know where to start back up again. It feels kind of weird to just jump back into bitchy observations about my MIL or complaining about the leak we've discovered in our roof here in Rental Hell.

I'm not regretting having told my story, but I'm missing the segue. Any ideas of hopping over this double bar?

Yo, the installments rocked but your writing rocks anyways so dinny worry about it. You make me laugh whatever you write, you can always right serious emotional stuff once a month and the bitch about your MIL other times. I'm actually looking forward to your MIL stories from your trip... what did she do THIS time????

I'm with Free Man. Get some sleep and get your life back to some normalcy. If you feel you must post while that happens, just post one trip picture a day. Then? When you're ready to write? About your MIL or your trip? Let 'er rip! :)

Contributors

Limning

There is a lot of stupidity in this world, and I have about had enough. I have a lot to say and in all fairness to those who know and love me, I am putting it all right here. I have another blog that is just for my regular family and friends. Pictures of the kids, sweet little paragraphs detailing their activities and the like. THIS blog is for me. Not my kids, not my parents. This is where we get to the meat of the matter. I am tired of smiling in the face of people and thinking WHAT THE FUCK? I know that I do not think or believe the way many of the sheep out there seem to. This blog proves it.

Gears and Cogs

Our Attempts At A Green Lifestyle:

We try to use cloth napkins or kitchen towels instead of paper towels when we clean up

I switched to a smaller coffee maker. There is less wasted coffee, there is a shorter brew time, and it therefore uses less engergy

We attempt to grow plants

I use a menstrual cup. Safer for me, cleaner for the environment

We get lots of hand-me-down toys and clothes and we pass everything along

We use FreeCycle and shop at thrift shops

I breastfed each child

My husband walks to work when he can

Instead of clay litter, we use cat sand made from wheat. Also from pine. In a happy accident, we found that by combining the two, we get better clumpage, less smell, and do not worry if the kids end up with a little in their mouths

We unplug other appliances like coffee makers, etc.

We have our media on the wall switch and turn it off at night. That makes SEVEN appliances that are turned off--not just on standby